My Writing

I refuse to write New Year's resolutions. Also, I am a little in love with Krista Tippett of "On Being" fame. She possesses the perfect mind meld of spirit and science and matters of the heart. Tippett pivots away from resolutions and towards questions. She offers a way to find our deepest question for the year, and to go on a journey of discovery to find its answer. She draws upon Rilke, another one of my favorite writers, from his "Letters To A Young Poet", "Rilke said, try

As we end 2025, its useful to look back at the year in review and notice how we fared as evolving beings of light, with an abbreviated version of the five hindrances. The five hindrances can be understood as very common, negative mind sets which hinder us on the spiritual path, as per Buddhist philosophy: The first hindrance is Desire. "Everything will be OK when I get what I want." Is that really true? The second hindrance is Ill Will or Aversion. "I don't want this. I don't

Really now, what matters most to you? Whether we are delving into a deep life review over the decades or considering the shape of our 2025, a few questions can frame our loving conversation with ourselves. This is the frame I use: 1. What mattered most to me (this year)? What gave me joy? What made me feel most alive? When did I have the most energy flowing inside me and experience the most openness to life? For me, there were three top things that made me feel super energize

Did you ever think you would become a Conscious Elder?  I hear people in my Death Cafes talk about how much the spiritual path has opened...

"I wish I'd let myself be happier." One of the top five regrets of the dying is this desire for happiness.  Some people have the...

So many amazing, hot women! Seventeen years ago when I went through menopause, I was hard pressed to find information about it, through...

I did therapy on and off for a total of thirty years. I had a very high ACE (adverse childhood events) and it took me a minute. Or two. ...

I am doulaing. As someone with a propensity for making nouns into action verbs, I am doulaing. That means that an extremely articulate...

I have to confess something. I am not proud of it: Sometimes I wish people would just stop talking already.  One of my favorite things in...

Can you be 80 years old and planning for your next chapter of life? You bet!!! As a Third Act Retirement Coach and End of Life Doula, I...

53,000 Americans are expected to die from colon or rectal cancer this year . I usually write here on topics of death and dying. I don't...

When I read Anne Sexton's quote "Put Your Ear Down Close to Your Soul and Listen," I must admit that I am an end of life doula for...

As we approach the end of our lives, our outside world may become smaller but our interior world can grow very large. In our elder years,...

There are more than 11 million widows and 3 million widowers in the U.S. Most are 65 or older.  Many people who have lost a partner want...

What does your life look like in weeks?  If you could see a chart that represented 90 years of human life, where would you fall on it?...

The term "compressed morbidity" doesn't sound nearly as wonderful as it is. In Eastern philosophy, it refers to someone being in tune...

Twenty months ago I ended my relationship with my partner of 23 years. Happily ended. I wanted and needed it to end. Sometimes I miss the...

It is so much fun to hear from women in their sixties and seventies that they are having the best sex of their lives! Fulfilling,...

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